Willingham v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St Clair, Tried before the Hon. Leroy F. Box. The appellant in this case was indicted, tried and convicted for the burglary of a ‘ ‘warehouse or depot building of the Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad Company, in which building goods, merchandise or things of value were kept,” &c. The testimony introduced on the trial of the cause, as is shown by the bill of exceptions, tended to show that the defendant was guilty as charged.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of St Clair, Tried before the Hon. Leroy F. Box. The appellant in this case was indicted, tried and convicted for the burglary of a ‘ ‘warehouse or depot building of the Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad Company, in which building goods, merchandise or things of value were kept,” &c. The testimony introduced on the trial of the cause, as is shown by the bill of exceptions, tended to show that the defendant was guilty as charged. The bill of exceptions recites, that “The State, for the purpose of proving that the Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad Company was a body…
1Opinion of the CourtHead, J.
The only point made by the appellant in this case is, that the final certificate of incorporation issued by the Secretary of State to the Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad Company — the alleged owner of the house, the subject of the burglary — is not a paper required by law to be kept in the office of the Secretary of State, by reason whereof, it is contended, a copy, certified by that officer, is not admissible in evidence, under the influence of section 2785 of the Code. The company is alleged to have been incorporated under the general laws of this.State. Upon looking at the statute, we see…
2Cited by1 opinion
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